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Apple A12 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 980 benchmark which processor is better

Apple A12 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 980

Comparisons   11-03-2021
   So, which processor or chip is better? Detailed data of benchmarks and speed tests Apple A12 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 980, comparison of GPUs Mali-G76 MP5 and Apple A12 Bionic.
   This performance comparison involves two processors: A12 Bionic is gexa-core (Vortex) and Exynos 980 is octa-core (Cortex-A77). Both processors went through battery life test and power consumption test. A step-by-step analysis of all the specifications, to make it easier to read, is summarized in the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of parallel benchmarking in software tests like GFXBench, PassMark, WebXPRT 3, PCMark, Geekbench, Quadrant, Vellamo, Neocore, Octane V2, Mozilla Kraken, 3DMark, AnTuTu 8, and how good the processors are in games Real Racing 3, Call of Duty: Mobile, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra, Mortal Kombat, Minecraft Bedrock, PUBG, Sniper 3D, Fortnite etc.
   After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which chip is better to buy A12 Bionic or Exynos 980 and which chip is better for gaming: Asphalt 9, Madout2, CSR Racing 2, Need for Speed No Limits.

 
Apple A12 Bionic
Samsung Exynos 980

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
CPU Benchmark
Based on Antutu and Geekbench score
A12 Bionic30% Exynos 98017%

Battery life test
Power Consumption efficiency (how quickly the processor reduces the battery charge)
A12 Bionic72% Exynos 98072%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming
A12 Bionic29% Exynos 98016%

Antutu v10, 9

Antutu benchmark separately tests the performance of the CPU, GPU, and memory speed
A12 Bionic Exynos 980
Total score419987236563
CPU11759366232
GPU15958989891
MEM6718837840
UX7559142582

GeekBench 6, 5.2

This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance
A12 Bionic Exynos 980
Single-Core900487
Multi-Core29701951

Comparison of specifications
CPU and Memory
A12 Bionic Exynos 980
Frequency2490 MHz2200 MHz
Cores68
Bit6464
Lithography7 nm8 nm
Transistors count6900 millions
Core configuration2x2.49GHz Vortex
4x1.6 GHz Tempest
2x2.2 GHz Cortex-A77
6x1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A55
Power consumption (TDP)6 W9 W
Memory typeLPDDR4XLPDDR4
Max. Memory12 Gb8 Gb
Memory Frequency21331866
Memory bandwidth34.1
Neural Processor (NPU)YesYes
L1 cache128 KB
L2 cache8 MB
L3 cache
Instruction set architecture (ISA)ARMv8.3-AARMv8.2-A
In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here A12 Bionic is 11% better than Exynos 980 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that A12 Bionic has 2 more core than Exynos 980. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption.

GPU and Media
GPUApple A12 BionicMali-G76 MP5
GPU Frequency2500 MHz700 MHz
GFloPS586217
# of Cores44
# of Shader Units
Display2688 x 1242 pixels3360 x 1440 pixels
The frequency of the GPU does not always directly indicate its performance. To fully evaluate all the capabilities of a graphics chip, you should take into account the number of Shader Units and Cores, as well as how many GFlops it has.

Gaming benchmark
Fortnite Mobile27.427.8
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Mobile)54.230.9
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra56.356.9
Call of Duty: Mobile40.937.7
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)45.323.4
Minecraft: Pocket Edition74.535.1
Real Racing 384.571.1
Sniper 3D107108.1
Need for Speed No Limits67.6102.4
Mortal Kombat X64.791
CSR Racing 278.868.3
The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the gadget and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Antutu v10, 9 and GeekBench 6, 5.2 becnmarks.

Cameras
Camera resolution12 MP108 MP
Dual Camera resolution12 MP20 MP
Image Signal Processor (ISP)Apple ISP
Video Encoding FPS960120
Video Encoding resolution4K (Ultra HD), 2K, FullHD8K, 4K (Ultra HD), 2K, FullHD
Codec supportDolby Vision, H.265 (HEVC), HDR10+, HLG, HDR10, H.264 (AVC), VP8, VP9H.264, 10-bit H.265/HEVC, VP9


Networks and Navigation
ModemIntel XMM 7560 LTE5G NR Sub, LTE Cat.16 5CA/Cat.18 2CA
Download speed1000 MBit/s.2055 MBit/s.
Upload speed350 MBit/s.1280 MBit/s.
NavigationGalileo, GLONASS, Beidou, GPSGPS, Glonass, Beidou
NFC supportYesNo
5G supportYesNo


Result:
The number of parameters for which Apple A12 Bionic is better: 29
The number of parameters for which Samsung Exynos 980 is better: 12
   You need to know that you should not blindly trust the software comparison of the table. You can watch benchmark video from beginning to end of parallel testing and hear what people think who really appreciated the capabilities of both CPUs A12 Bionic and Exynos 980, and also read the test results on the links under the article.
A12 Bionic SoC - all data

• Devices lists
• Benchmarks
• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• 3DMark
• GeekBench 6, 5 mobile
• Antutu v10
Exynos 980 SoC - all data

• Devices lists
• Benchmarks
• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• 3DMark
• Antutu v10
• GeekBench 6, 5 mobile


A12 Bionic SoC Comparisons
• Vs Snapdragon 875
• Vs Snapdragon 750G
• Vs A13 Bionic
• Vs Unisoc Tiger T710
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1000C
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 600 5G
• Vs HiSilicon Kirin 990E
• Vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
• Vs Samsung Exynos 2100
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus
• Vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000E
• Vs Apple A12Z Bionic
• Vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000
• Vs Samsung Exynos 1080
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
• Vs Apple A14 Bionic
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 800U
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1000L
• Vs Samsung Exynos 990
• Vs HiSilicon Kirin 985
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1000 Plus
• Vs Apple A12X Bionic
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 820
• Vs Samsung Exynos 9 9820
• Vs HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G
• Vs Samsung Exynos 9825
• Vs HiSilicon Kirin 980
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 768G
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 800
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 720 5G
• Vs MediaTek Helio G95
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G
• Vs MediaTek Helio G90
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SDM845
• Vs MediaTek Helio G90T
• Vs HiSilicon Kirin 810
• Vs Unisoc Tiger T7510
• Vs Unisoc Tiger T7520
• Vs MediaTek Helio G85
• Vs Samsung Exynos 9810
• Vs MediaTek Helio G80
• Vs Unisoc Tiger T618
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G
• Vs Samsung Exynos 2000
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 5G
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1100
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1200
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 700
• Vs HiSilicon KIRIN 820E 5G
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 775G
• Vs Mediatek Dimensity 900
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Pro
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 898
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8c
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
• Vs MediaTek Helio G88
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
• Vs Unisoc T760 Tanggula
• Vs Unisoc T770 Tanggula
• Vs Mediatek Dimensity 810
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 695
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
• Vs Mediatek Dimensity 1200 Max
• Vs MediaTek Kompanio 900T
• Vs MediaTek Kompanio 1300T
• Vs Samsung Exynos 1280
• Vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000L
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G+
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1050
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 930
• Vs MediaTek Kompanio 800T
• Vs MediaTek Kompanio 1380
• Vs MediaTek Kompanio 820
• Vs MediaTek Kompanio 828
• Vs MediaTek Helio G99
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
• Vs Apple A16 Bionic
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 8000-Max
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 8100-Ultra
• Vs Apple M2
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1080
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 9200
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdargon 782G
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 8200
• Vs Qualcomm QCM6490
• Vs Qualcomm QCS8250
• Vs Qualcomm QCS7230
• Vs Qualcomm QCS6490
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 850
• Vs Samsung Exynos 1330
• Vs Samsung Exynos 1380
• Vs Apple A17 Bionic
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 6020
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 7050
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 8020
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 7020
• Vs MediaTek MT8188J
• Vs Unisoc Tiger T820
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 6080
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2
• Vs Unisoc Tiger T760
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
• Vs Qualcomm QCM5430


Exynos 980 SoC Comparisons
• Vs Snapdragon 750G
• Vs Helio P65 (MT6768)
• Vs Unisoc Tiger T710
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 460
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1000C
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 600 5G
• Vs HiSilicon Kirin 990E
• Vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 800U
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SDM845
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G
• Vs Unisoc Tiger T610
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 700
• Vs HiSilicon KIRIN 820E 5G
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8c
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2
• Vs MediaTek Helio G88
• Vs Unisoc T740 Tanggula
• Vs Unisoc T760 Tanggula
• Vs Unisoc T770 Tanggula
• Vs Unisoc Tiger T616
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
• Vs Unisoc Tiger T612
• Vs MediaTek Kompanio 500
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdargon 782G
• Vs Qualcomm QCM2290
• Vs Qualcomm QCS8250
• Vs Qualcomm QCS4290
• Vs Qualcomm QCS7230
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 850
• Vs Allwinner A523
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
• Vs Unisoc T750 Tanggula
• Vs Unisoc Tiger T603
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